Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-03-10
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

An injunction was granted at st.
Louis preventing tho Union Mutual Insurance
Company from doing further business, and an
agent was appointed to wind up its affairs.
Its liabilities and assets are, respectively,
about $3.50
The blue-ribbon temperance move
mont has carried Vincennes. Ind, by storm,
says dispatch from that city. Over two
thousand people have signed tho pledge, and
signers are pushed forward by the hundred
Everybody is amazed at the astounding prog
ress of the meeting.
Frank w. Foster, Town Clerk and
Treasurer of Greenfield, Mass, is defaulter
for about $40. 0C0, and has been lodged in Jail
The Illinois Central road reports for
the past year gross earnings OF $l2, 529, 493 and
net income of lbs 1852 The track from
Madison to Chicago will be completed this
fall.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Com
pany has secured the Cunard steamships Ba-
tavia, Parthia and AbyssinIa to run monthly
between Vancouver and Hong Kong, COM
mencing May l.
News is received from Mozambique
that the Portuguese have captured the fortress
commanding the Bay of Tungi.
Prof. Won Treitschke, Prussian his
Photographer, in lecture indicated that he
thought war was inevitable.
President Greyy will send special
envoy to Berlin to congratulate Emperor
William on the approaching ninetieth ami
versary of his birth
George Franklin Anderson, the De-
troit man who was arrested in England for
swindling, has been sentenced to five years
penal servitude.
CONGRESS adjourned sine die at noon on Fri
day, March 4. Among the appropriations Of ma
tional Importance that failed during the closing
hours were the following: The deficiency, the
District of Columbia, and the Notification bills.
The river and harbor appropriation bill, includ-
ing the Hennepin Canal failed because OF the
failure CT the President to sign it before the adj
journment. The anti-polygamy bill became a
law without the Presidents signature, ten days
having elapsed after its passage before the final
adjournment OF Congress. The failure OF the
deficiency bill is likely to embarrass the postal
service, as il contained provisions for supplying
pressing demands for postal-cards, stamps, and
other items. The legal machinery of tho Gov.
eminent will also be materially disarranged
during the remainder OF the fiscal year, as nc
money will be available for jurors, Witnesses
or marshals' fees and many prisoners cannot
be tried for months 20 come number of sol
diers claims, aggregatng S7O0,OOOt which had
been certified by the Treasury, will fail also
of settlement. Navy department officials say
the failure OF the bill will cause q stoppage OF
all work on tho new cruisers Boston and Chica-
60. IL Is expected that the Atlanta can be COM
pleted, as but little remains to be done on her.
The Senate in executive session confirmed
james w. Trotter to be Recorder OF Deeds foi
A.. ii. IL
to be Chief Signal officer, with the rank o.
Brigadier General. A Washington special thus
describes the closing scenes in the House, al
night long the conference committees were
tons of the appropriations, and the
two houses were necessarily kept
final action. 1t was the most tedious and un.
interesting all night session, and after mid
night, when the galleries had been emptied OF
the crowd, at least one-half OF the members
went to their lodgings or to commttee-roomt
and convenient resting places to sleep. A
quorum was not present at any time after thai
hour, but the forms of legislation were kept up
and number of bills were passed. The shout
ing and rushing for a chance to get bills before
the House for action was kept up at intervals
but did not disturb members sleeping in various
parts of the hall. Wide-awake and tireless fel
lows unbent their dignity played FRANKS upor
each other, and rosorted to other boyish means
of Willing away the time. During the nigh
the announcement OF an agreement upon the
legislative, executive, and judicial appropria-
ton bill frightened the prospect so that the di
version of brief debate on IA proposition to Civ
clerks to Representatives. as well as SENATOR
was INDUCED in. Meanwhile the portions Of tn,
bill that had been in dispute were being en-
| rolled. and the bill was ready for the Presi
| dent in good time. The House remained firm
| against tho mail subsidy and so the Senate re
| ceded and the postofiice appropriation wal
| saved. Tho conferrees on the Notifications bill
| did not agree, but had so far reconciled differ
ences that it is believed few more hours woulC
| have brought them together. The Sioux CITY
| public building bill, vetoed by the President
| was again passed by the Senate, but in the
| House William l.. Scott, of Pennsylvania, tough
it and beat il because Mr.. Struble, of Iowa, hae
| defeated the Sioux City bridge bill. in which
Scott was Interested"